At least three people were killed and several injured when a van drove into a departmental store in the Swedish capital Stockholm
Swedish Prime Minister has condemned the incident, saying everything indicates Stockholm truck crash is “a terror attack”, as quoted by BBC. There were reports earlier that said one person was arrested, but the Stockholm police said, “Right now we have no one arrested.”
The incident also took place near the Indian embassy in Stockholm. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also condemned the incident. He said on twitter, “India stands firmly with the people of Sweden in this hour of grief.”
A hijacked truck ploughed into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm
The attack, which also caused several injuries, was the latest in a string of similar assaults with vehicles in Europe that include the southern French city of Nice, Berlin and london.
“There are deaths, and many injured,” Nina Odermalm Schei, a spokeswoman for Swedish intelligence agency Sapo, told AFP, without giving a precise figure.
“Sweden has been attacked. Everything points to a terror attack,” said Prime Minister Stefan lofven.
Police released a grainy picture of a suspect but said they did not currently have him in custody.
“We do not have contact with the driver,” national police chief Dan Eliasson told reporters. Authorities also said they could not immediately provide a death toll or say how many were injured but local media said two or three people had lost their lives in the attack.
Pictures showed a large blue truck with a mangled undercarriage smashed into the Ahlens department store.